2022 Avatar World Championship

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2022 Avatar World Championship
2022
Tournament information
SportAvatar
LocationVerlois
DatesDecember 2022–
Administrator(s)Glace
Tournament
format(s)
10 team single round robin
4 team best-of-seven elimination ladder matchups
Teamsx
Purse10,000,000 euclos
2023 Avatar World Championship →

The 2022 Avatar World Championship is an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena game Avatar. The Avatar World Championship series is the oldest official still-running tournament for the game (being founded in 2013), the one with the largest prize pool, and widely considered to be the most prestigious, with the most publicity and the highest competitiveness. Being held annually, the 2022 event will be the tenth iteration.

The event will run through December 2022, with a total prize pool of 10 million euclos, the equal (to 2021's) largest in the series' history. This prize pool puts the tournament in the top ten esports events with the largest prize pool. The event is to be hosted in Verlois, capital of Gaullica. It takes place after the Summer Invictus Games were hosted in the same city in the same year.

Ten qualifying teams from around the world will compete, first in a round-robin stage, with the four best-performing teams advancing to best-of-seven elimination matchups, which will produce a winner. Glace, the developer of Avatar, is the host and organiser of the event. A majority of teams in the 2022 tournament have qualified again after participating in the 2021 tournament, including the Arucian Angels, who won it.

Hosting

Qualification

Certified regions were able to send their champions, with an extra two places granted to East Euclea and an extra one to West Euclea, because of the regions' strength. This marks a change from 2021, when the Brown Sea, Asteria Superior and East Euclean regions sent two (in addition to West Euclea), for a total of twelve teams. The reduction to ten but the increase for East Euclea has been controversial, particularly given the East Euclean teams' equal 8th place finish last year. The adjustments were made partially based on the results of the Global Qualifiers, another global Avatar tournament, albeit one of lesser stature. Another factor was the Central Euclea region not sending representatives, due to logistical issues, and their ties with the East Euclea region.

Expectations that 2022 might see the Shangean competitive region maturing enough to be allowed to send a team were not met.


Participants

Team Qualification Players Coach
Top laner Top roamer Mid laner Bot roamer Bot laner
Arucian Angels Asteria Inferior
2022 Champions
tourdeforce
(Raymond Delacroix)
File:ImaguaFlag.png t0by
(Toby Williams)
Bonaventura GLGG
(Gianluca Varrone)
Île d'Émeraude k1ngManuel
(Manuel Fenelon)
mutiler244
(Camille Leroy)
File:ImaguaFlag.png Bart Derasmo
Grupp FALKN Asteria Superior
2022 Champions
File:Eldmark.png OneTrickRik
(Erik Lindholm)
File:Eldmark.png Egreg0re
(Clara Gylenhaal)
File:Eldmark.png GunthyWunthy
(Gunther Hansen)
File:Eldmark.png VandalVVitch
(Lilith Halland)
File:Eldmark.png Frakturkon
(Kris Nysund)
N.A.
Mtel Lion City Bahia
2022 Champions
Maucha Kumkani
(Cebo Joyi)
Maucha WaWa
(Anasa Schmitd)
Maucha XtaZ
(Lifa Jadezweni)
Maucha Chananga
(Lewis Goli)
Garambura J1
(Jean Maqoma)
Dezevau Jezaga Zemhinou
Red Crane Brown Sea
2022 Champions
Lavana Attisabad_9299
(Jirandai Yerbolat)
Lavana Pho-gamer
(Yokhunan Khamsomphou)
Lavana Thogfasisom_123
(Kapono Jeanovny)
Lavana BZiun_999
(Borachu Ziugiuzimha)
Lavana Mkphurik_M
(Mengu Sounvannaphouma)
N.A.
SilverknightS East Euclea
2022 Champions
Amathia SilverPaladin Amathia ArkleeD Champania Marada Amathia ShielDCitadeL Amathia Levikushi Amathia Mr.EAGLE
"Les Amateurs"
Équipe de Sport-Cyber de Rouanet
East Euclea
2022 Runners-up
Gaullica XaverGamer
(Xavier Boutroux)
Gaullica FlameBlaise
(Sylviane Blaise)
Hennehouwe SerChl03
(Ingrid Bouchard)
Gaullica JPLGaming
(Jean-Paul Laurens)
Gaullica xX_Stunzeed_Xx
(Antoine Gérin)
N.A.
Morwall Magpies East Euclea
2022 Wild Card
Template:Country data Estmere dr_dooda
(John Turner)
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG WEKOMB
(Hungwe Kombayi)
Template:Country data Estmere xX_RascaL_Xx
(Robin Scott)
Template:Country data Estmere LilHill
(Caitlin Hill)
Senria estaku
(Nakao Toyotomi)
Template:Country data Estmere Ed Calhoun
Rikan Kaminari Senria
2022 Champions
Senria dokidoki24
(Isogai Takebe)
Senria Kyouma
(Rintaro Okabe)
Senria Daru
(Itaru Ikari)
Senria Lancier35
(Takebayasi Ayanami)
Senria senshatou
(Nagisa Nisizumi)
Senria Shinji Fuyutsuki
S5 Gaming West Euclea
2022 Champions
Soravia kl1ment
(Kliment Smeshnoy)
Kantemosha & Ambrazka delphi
(Villiam Järvenpää)
Sagacité
(Dragomir Lenov)
Soravia volo_city
(Valentina Voloshyn)
Vedmed niangi2
(Mikhel Saakashvili)
Soravia Cheslav Ungern
Team Ace West Euclea
2022 Runners-up
vasilthegreat
(Vasil Vasilov)
Bistravia Lucky
(Martin Gájda)
Soravia konk
(Konstantin Kulik)
Soravia rougelectrique
(Valerii Dultsev)
Bistravia ???
(Lukaš Vanček)
Bistravia Bartoš Nivica

Results

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Media

The 2021 Avatar World Championship will be streamed live for the general public, as well as recorded and uploaded to the internet. Official broadcasts are made in languages including Gaullican, Estmerish, Ziba, Shangean, Senrian, Vespasian, Soravian and Weranian; casters and other staff from regional leagues are brought in to create these different broadcasts. The gameplay footage, interviews, music and ceremonies are generally the same, but different streams may differ in terms of the commentary, analysis and other content (giveaways, off-topic discussion and games).

Glace maintains all relevant intellectual property rights in the broadcast; it does not allow reproduction of the live broadcast, but does allow private recordings to be uploaded after the fact. This is part of its media strategy, seeking to generate publicity not only before, but also after the event, to maximise the effect of advertisement both for sponsors and for the game itself.